Labourers shape mud bricks as they work at a kiln in Karjat, India, March 10, 2016. Thousands of brick kiln workers in India's western Maharashtra state are learning from activists that they have the right to a minimum wage, basic amenities and fair treatment – but remain in debt bondage to owners who deny them these rights with impunity. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer carries bricks at a kiln in Karjat, India, March 10, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer prepares a mixture for making mud bricks at a kiln in Karjat, India, March 10, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer prepares a mixture for making mud bricks at a kiln in Karjat, India, March 10, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





A labourer throws mud on bricks kept for drying at a kiln in Karjat, India, March 10, 2016. (Photo by Danish Siddiqui/Reuters)





Men bath at a roadside municipal tap at a wholesale market area in Kolkata, India, March 22, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A widow daubed in colours takes part in the Holi celebrations organised by non-governmental organisation Sulabh International at a ashram at Vrindavan, in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, India, March 22, 2016. Traditionally in Hindu culture, widows are expected to renounce earthly pleasure so they do not celebrate Holi. But women at the shelter for widows, who have been abandoned by their families, celebrated the festival by throwing flowers and coloured powder. Holi, also known as the Festival of Colours, heralds the beginning of spring and is celebrated all over India. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A boy jumps from a boat into Laxmi Narayan Lake to cool off in Agartala, India, March 22, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A Kashmiri family looks for scrap wood in a polluted canal near Srinagar in the Kashmir region of India, March 22, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Schoolchildren cross a road to reach their school in Ahmedabad, India, March 22, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





A Kashmiri woman carrying traditional teapot called a samovar on her head walks on a road in Srinagar March 23, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





Bird vendors wait for customers at a roadside stall in Agartala, India, March 23, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Boys fling coloured water on each other during Holi celebrations in Kolkata, India, March 24, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A girl reacts as others apply coloured powder on her face during Holi celebrations in Mumbai, India March 24, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A girl with her face smeared in coloured powder smiles while celebrating Holi in Mumbai, India March 24, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





People pose for a selfie while celebrating Holi in Mumbai, India March 24, 2016. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





Men daubed in colours dance during Holi celebrations in Allahabad, India, March 24, 2016. (Photo by Jitendra Prakash/Reuters)





A “Nihang”, or a Sikh warrior, rides two horses as he performs during the Holla Mohalla festival in Anandpur Sahib in the northern state of Punjab, India, March 24, 2016. “Hola Mohalla”, or the festival of Nihangs, is celebrated during the festival of Holi, marking the congregation of Sikh devotees from all over the country. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





Major Singh (C), a “Nihang” or Sikh warrior, wearing a traditional 425-metre-long turban holds his weapon before taking part in a procession during the Holla Mohalla festival in Anandpur Sahib in the northern state of Punjab, India, March 24, 2016. (Photo by Ajay Verma/Reuters)





A man pushes his bicycle through a flooded street after heavy rains in Agartala, India, March 28, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





Farmer Revaji Choudhary (L) shows his pair of bulls to buyers at a weekly cattle market in Belhe village in the western state of Maharashtra, India, February 22, 2016. (Photo by Rajendra Jadhav/Reuters)





A woman spreads out fodder for rescued cattle at a “goushala”, or a cow shelter, run by Bharatiya Gou Rakshan Parishad, an arm of Hindu nationalist group Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), at Aangaon village in the western state of Maharashtra, India, in this February 20, 2015 file photo. A ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter in India's richest state of Maharashtra is threatening to push millions of farmers into penury, deepening distress in the countryside and fanning resentment against Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ruling party. (Photo by Shailesh Andrade/Reuters)





A rickshaw puller waits for customers on a street in the old quarters of Delhi, India, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A labourer pushes a handcart filled with goods through a street in the old quarters of Delhi, India, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





Labourers read newspapers in front of a closed shop in the old quarters of Delhi, India, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Anindito Mukherjee/Reuters)





A woman carries fodder for her cattle through a mustard field on the outskirts of Srinagar March 29, 2016. (Photo by Danish Ismail/Reuters)





A man casts a net to catch fish in a flooded paddy field after heavy rains on the outskirts of Agartala, India, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A farmer standing on a plastic drum winnows wheat in a field on the outskirts of Ahmedabad, India, March 29, 2016. (Photo by Amit Dave/Reuters)





People wash in water from a broken water pipeline on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, March 30, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





A woman works with straw on the outskirts of Kolkata, India, March 30, 2016. (Photo by Rupak De Chowdhuri/Reuters)





Bamboo logs are transported down the river Howrah near Chakmaghat village in the northeastern state of Tripura, India, March 31, 2016. (Photo by Jayanta Dey/Reuters)





A woman plays Lathmar Holi in the Mewar region of Rajasthan, India March 31, 2016. (Photo by Himanshu Sharma/Reuters)